Dallas Sierra Club Calendar

Hurry! Only a few seats remain for our trip to this New Mexico jewel. Enjoy beautiful hikes with your choice of camping in the developed campground or by throwing on your backpack for a weekend in the backcountry. This amazing site offers canyons and mesas, cliff dwellings and ruins. This promises to be a Memorial Day weekend bus trip to remember. It’s time to explore this beautiful area northwest of Santa Fe, NM. Trip options have been designed for outdoor enthusiasts of all skill levels - your choice of backpacking or camping at the Juniper campground with day hike options and backpacking two miles downhill the last day. Everyone on this trip will have time to learn about Native American history and explore their ruins in this unique area. We leave Friday night and return early Tuesday morning so you may not even need to miss work. RESERVATION DEADLINE MAY 20 OR UNTIL LAST FEW SEATS SELL OUT. Review complete trip details and reservation information in this PDF document.  Bus trip leader: Liz Wheelan Send Email 214-368-2306

Too many volunteers out in nature or just getting back, so we're cancelling our usual 4th Tuesday monthly meeting for May. Please see ICO listing on June 25 for more information. Coordinator: Liz Wheelan Send Email 214-368-2306

Walk and talk while helping to pick up trash and recyclables at the Sierra Club's adopted section of White Rock Lake Park. Meet at 8:15 AM at the Love of the Lake office on the Northeast corner of Garland Rd. and Buckner Blvd. Look for a crowd of people drinking free juice and coffee. Gloves, trash bags, etc. provided. Our area includes one of the wonderful prairie restoration areas, so there are always birds and wildflowers to enjoy. The lake and your karma will thank you. Brunch afterwards. Trip rated: Easy. Leader: Carol Nash Send Email 214-824-0244

Its fun and its helpful to get out to the Cedar Ridge Preserve just south of Dallas to help upgrade some of the beautiful walking trails. The address is 7171 Mountain Creek Pkwy, Dallas, TX 75249. Its a great morning workout, and the scenery is exceptional. No tools are required, (maybe gloves) just show up and be ready to lend a hand or two. We'll work from 9 AM to 12, and then walk around the preserve and admire the wildflowers and fauna! Bring some water for sure. Its on Saturday the 15th of June, and please see their website for directions and info. (Google Cedar Ridge Preserve in Dallas) Their number is 972-709-7784. If you wish to carpool, then let me know, and we'll arrange a meeting spot. Come on out and stay green, people! Its good for the soul. Trip rated: Easy. Coordinator: Ginger Bradley Send Email 469-223-7902

Meet in the upstairs program room at REI (on north side of LBJ between Midway and Welch), at 6:30 PM. Bring your ideas for the Dallas Sierra Club Outings program. We will be planning local outings and bus trips. All outings leaders, future outings leaders, and interested Sierrans welcome. Ask Bill to be placed on the email list for an agenda. Contact: Bill Greer Send Email 972-247-0446

For over 25 years, amazing and dedicated Inner City Outing volunteers have provided opportunities for underserved kids to get off the cement and explore the great outdoors. Activities are mostly on Saturdays/weekends and typically include outings to such places as nature centers, wildlife refuges and state parks to enjoy day hikes, camping, service work and occasional backpacking and canoeing. Being an ICO volunteer doesn't take much time but the impact is immeasurable. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old. Meet/greet at 6:45pm, meeting at 7:00pm. For more information and to make a reservation, please contact the Coordinator (Note: next monthly ICO meeting and New Volunteer Orientation will be August 27. No NVO in June and no ICO meetings in July.)  Coordinator: Liz Wheelan Send Email 214-368-2306

Plan an extended Fourth of July weekend of backpacking in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area, a protected part of the San Isabel National Forest since 1993, near Westcliffe, Colorado.  The spine of this north-south mountain chain is typically near 12,000 feet, with peaks of more than 14,000 feet.  After breakfast in Westcliffe, participants in four groups will explore the foothills, high valleys and crests.  Destinations include Venable Falls, the Goodwin Lakes, Phantom Terrace, Comanche Lake, Music Pass and the Sand Creek Basin of Great Sand Dunes National Preserve.  Daily mileages for all groups will be short, but altitude and daily climbs (9,000 to 11,700 feet sleeping elevations and climbs of 1,500 feet on at least one day for each group) make one previous overnight backpacking trip a requirement.   Departure time from Dallas on July 3 will be 8 PM.  We’ll return by 6 AM on July 8. Click here for details and registration forms. Contact: Steve Fleischman Send Email 972-618-3007

Walk and talk while helping to pick up trash and recyclables at the Sierra Club's adopted section of White Rock Lake Park. Meet at 8:15 AM at the Love of the Lake office on the Northeast corner of Garland Rd. and Buckner Blvd. Look for a crowd of people drinking free juice and coffee. Gloves, trash bags, etc. provided. Our area includes one of the wonderful prairie restoration areas, so there are always birds and wildflowers to enjoy. The lake and your karma will thank you. Brunch afterwards. Trip rated: Easy. Leader: Carol Nash Send Email 214-824-0244

Meet in the upstairs program room at REI (on north side of LBJ between Midway and Welch), at 6:30 PM. Bring your ideas for the Dallas Sierra Club Outings program. We will be planning local outings and bus trips. All outings leaders, future outings leaders, and interested Sierrans welcome. Ask Bill to be placed on the email list for an agenda. Contact: Bill Greer Send Email 972-247-0446

Its fun and its helpful to get out to the Cedar Ridge Preserve to help upgrade some of the beautiful walking trails just south of Dallas. The address is 7171 Mountain Creek Pkwy, Dallas, TX 75249. Its a great morning workout, and the scenery is exceptional. No tools are required, (maybe gloves) just show up and be ready to lend a hand or two. We'll work from 8 AM to 11 or earlier, and then walk around the preserve and admire the wildflowers and fauna! Bring some water for sure. Its on Saturday the 20th of July, and please see their website at www.audubondallas.org/cedarridge.html  for directions and info. Their number is 972-709-7784   See you then! If you wish to carpool, then let me know, and we'll arrange a meeting spot. Come on out and stay green, people! Trip rated: Easy. Coordinator: Ginger Bradley Send Email 469-223-7902

Plan your Labor Day weekend for backpacking in southwest Colorado. After our first trip here in 2011, participants requested a return to the green, serene and relatively undiscovered South San Juan Wilderness, a part of Rio Grande National Forest, southwest of Alamosa, Colorado and north of Chama, New Mexico.  Featured destinations will include the Continental Divide Trail, Valle Victoria, Conejos Falls, Blue Lake, Green Lake, Canon Verde, Conejos Peak, Glacier Lake, Ruybalid Lake, Rough Creek Falls and great campsites without names.  A previous overnight backpacking trip will be required. Departure from Dallas will be at 7 PM on August 28.  We’ll return by 6 AM on September 3. Coordinator: Mark Stein Send Email 214-526-3733

It's the perfect time of year to explore this unique and very special area of Texas. Our trip is a few weeks before Thanksgiving so you can join in the fun and still spend Thanksgiving with your family. There will be several hike options of various difficulty levels, through different parts of this very scenic National Park. If you've never been to Big Bend National Park, you owe it to yourself to explore this amazing part of Texas. If you have been there before, come hike a different area. Our chartered sleeper bus leaves Dallas around dinner time Wednesday and returns early morning on Monday (Veteran's Day - a day off for some of you). Some backpacking experience is required. Send an email message with your name to the bus leader if you'd like to be notified when complete trip details become available and reservations open.   Bus trip leader: Arthur Kuehne Send Email 214-608-3210